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Re: SS crush cap?
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spandau
A cap that got a lot of use in the 100,000 man army. A hint of course, is JR = Jnfanterie Regiment. You will tell me the garrison of same, however. The Roman and Arabic numerals signify the respective echelons of command. Ben's article is informative, but the beginning collector had best to have the table of command of the German army before them. In the 1970s, a UK firm published a nice handbook from the British army on just this topic. I will scan it, if I can find it, which I likely cannot. I am not very digital.
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Re: SS crush cap?
Gentlemen,
thanks for sharing your knowledge and sources ! This evening has been yet another journey of discovery.
regards
tony
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Re: SS crush cap?
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spandau
Gentlemen,
thanks for sharing your knowledge and sources ! This evening has been yet another journey of discovery.
regards
tony
thanks to you. We want to read your book, too.
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Re: SS crush cap?
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BenVK
Very fine source.
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Re: SS crush cap?
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Friedrich-Berthold
A cap that got a lot of use in the 100,000 man army.
My goodness, you can say that again!
At some point in time though, the previous proceedure of applying so many depot and regiment stamps was obviously cleared away. Does anyone have an insight into why that was so?
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Re: SS crush cap?
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BenVK
My goodness, you can say that again!
At some point in time though, the previous proceedure of applying so many depot and regiment stamps was obviously cleared away. Does anyone have an insight into why that was so?
The Rw was a little army with no money and said cap was created at the nadir of Germany's economic and military fortunes, ca. 1921. Thus, the materiel had to last with Prussian and Swabian thrift. The Wehrmacht was a big army with a budget of unlimited size. I once spent six months of my life reading the Reichstag debates about the German navy of 1928.
Last edited by Friedrich-Berthold; 01-15-2012 at 02:41 AM.
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Re: SS crush cap?
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Re: SS crush cap?
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Friedrich-Berthold
and the side pieces of the lining in the RZM regulations make mention of the use of cloth that breathes, that is more porous than the top. I shall find it and scan it at some point.
That would make most interesting reading, thank you!
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Re: SS crush cap?
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BenVK
That would make most interesting reading, thank you!
I will look for it. It made an impression on me. Look at my Rw cap with the pink piping. It looks as if they took the lining of a matress, or Klumpen, that is rags, to line the thing.
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